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Characteristics of the 100 Largest School Districts in the United States: 1999-2000
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Table 10.-Revenues by source, current expenditures, and current expenditures per pupil for the 100 largest districts in the United States1 : Fiscal year 1998 - Part 1  ||  Part 2
Name of reporting district State Total students Fall 19972 Revenues by source Current expenditures Current ex-
penditures per pupil
Total Federal State Local Total Instructional3
  (In thousands of dollars)
Total   10,765,469 $73,753,064 $6,473,770 $35,512,279 $31,767,014 $64,042,945 $40,068,883 $5,949
   
New York City Public Schools NY 1,071,853 9,155,552 870,540 3,910,582 4,374,430 8,688,668 6,273,098 8,106
Los Angeles Unified CA 680,430 4,923,865 454,279 3,265,698 1,203,888 4,089,625 2,573,965 6,010
Puerto Rico Dept of Education PR 617,322 2,094,025 572,495 1,520,398 1,131 1,981,603 1,385,170 3,210
City of Chicago School District IL 428,184 3,083,835 412,494 1,108,444 1,562,897 2,833,263 1,748,125 6,617
Dade County School District FL 345,958 2,557,027 202,952 1,352,586 1,001,489 2,058,971 1,218,251 5,952
   
Broward County School District FL 224,799 1,552,136 99,409 796,726 656,001 1,225,903 678,498 5,453
Philadelphia City School District PA 212,865 1,554,208 182,186 771,302 600,720 1,213,670 733,824 5,702
Houston Independent School District TX 210,988 1,197,041 123,456 396,889 676,696 1,126,760 659,676 5,340
Clark County School District NV 190,822 1,223,364 54,219 336,357 832,788 974,664 581,113 5,108
Hawaii Department of Education HI 189,887 1,279,125 107,149 1,141,001 30,975 1,112,525 712,023 5,859
   
Detroit City School District MI 174,730 1,420,219 147,128 1,094,806 178,285 1,280,142 784,638 7,326
Dallas Independent School District TX 157,622 940,014 95,848 211,537 632,629 836,853 502,762 5,309
Hillsborough County School District FL 152,781 1,056,290 96,580 604,771 354,939 837,887 478,260 5,484
Fairfax County Public Schools VA 145,722 1,249,778 35,995 150,438 1,063,345 1,099,311 663,521 7,544
Palm Beach County School District FL 142,724 1,079,586 77,197 337,470 664,919 797,307 497,096 5,586
   
San Diego City Unified CA 136,283 982,542 78,081 472,515 431,946 806,319 481,752 5,917
Orange County School District FL 133,826 882,431 48,450 389,995 443,986 708,203 392,491 5,292
Prince Georges County Public Schools MD 128,347 968,392 46,371 416,264 505,757 862,212 497,473 6,718
Duval County School District FL 126,979 763,122 57,096 418,781 287,245 640,163 379,372 5,041
Montgomery County Public Schools MD 125,023 1,239,055 35,368 263,479 940,208 1,036,090 656,675 8,287
   
Memphis City School District TN 111,227 661,871 69,954 261,762 330,155 594,988 374,696 5,349
Pinellas County School District FL 109,309 734,162 44,368 345,502 344,292 582,428 345,483 5,328
Baltimore City Public School System MD 107,416 823,135 98,481 499,861 224,793 783,935 529,467 7,298
Baltimore County Public Schools MD 104,708 825,062 37,622 276,259 511,181 729,934 457,448 6,971
Milwaukee School District WI 101,253 872,681 98,438 568,280 205,963 816,782 509,228 8,067
   
Jefferson (KY) County KY 99,759 662,998 62,798 303,752 296,448 586,579 329,088 5,880
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools NC 95,795 625,438 34,181 348,760 242,497 541,880 334,502 5,657
Gwinnett County School District GA 93,509 658,850 15,163 298,325 345,362 510,392 340,897 5,458
De Kalb County School District GA 91,864 638,780 30,834 274,376 333,570 569,958 349,031 6,204
Wake County Schools NC 89,772 539,242 22,624 315,799 200,819 459,592 293,935 5,120
   
Cobb County School District GA 88,266 585,362 16,216 286,060 283,086 476,326 318,878 5,396
Jefferson (CO) County CO 88,006 549,776 15,338 238,697 295,741 554,224 276,773 6,298
Albuquerque Public Schools NM 87,274 487,210 36,018 366,238 84,954 422,464 256,440 4,841
Long Beach Unified CA 85,908 550,591 64,707 367,040 118,844 452,084 278,380 5,262
Orleans Parish School Board LA 83,175 467,735 67,919 226,582 173,234 414,691 258,507 4,986
   
Fresno Unified CA 78,166 489,507 59,951 336,987 92,569 421,972 258,272 5,398
Virginia Beach City Public Schools VA 77,521 480,662 28,660 182,487 269,515 398,578 260,188 5,142
District of Columbia Public Schools DC 77,111 706,938 116,366 0 590,572 653,460 283,484 8,474
Fort Worth Independent School District TX 76,901 454,267 45,227 219,800 189,240 410,844 238,878 5,343
Austin Independent School District TX 76,606 475,457 33,029 53,858 388,570 399,490 239,291 5,215
   
Cleveland City School District OH 76,504 657,834 64,503 344,464 248,867 489,873 284,700 6,403
Polk County School District FL 76,497 466,587 38,452 280,194 147,941 399,916 227,293 5,228
Granite School District UT 74,956 329,067 26,281 202,389 100,397 285,511 188,723 3,809
Anne Arundel County Public Schools MD 73,363 528,757 18,958 185,644 324,155 478,486 291,095 6,522
Jordan School District UT 73,181 328,401 16,976 201,814 109,611 266,602 178,466 3,643
   
Mesa Unified School District AZ 69,764 387,000 23,080 189,593 174,327 322,482 203,610 4,622
Brevard County School District FL 67,879 411,105 23,442 222,757 164,906 326,946 199,548 4,817
Denver County CO 67,858 449,616 39,100 143,271 267,245 389,438 227,038 5,739
Nashville-Davidson County SD TN 67,558 436,358 37,380 135,430 263,548 428,749 274,169 6,346
Mobile County School District AL 65,230 330,778 38,822 220,946 71,010 289,253 178,375 4,434
   
Columbus City School District OH 64,872 534,115 49,335 188,801 295,979 442,526 247,267 6,822
El Paso Independent School District TX 63,909 370,896 38,186 196,409 136,301 339,147 211,273 5,307
Boston School District MA 63,762 686,956 42,659 219,972 424,325 656,293 417,776 10,293
Fulton County School District GA 62,798 549,589 15,594 183,109 350,886 400,161 239,076 6,372
Tucson Unified District AZ 62,480 358,366 37,275 160,886 160,205 298,862 170,503 4,783
   
San Antonio Independent School District TX 61,112 430,354 55,645 248,306 126,403 370,499 225,164 6,063
San Francisco Unified CA 61,007 453,242 30,030 183,672 239,540 367,956 245,974 6,031
Northside Independent School District TX 60,083 356,115 21,070 153,439 181,606 320,797 201,737 5,339
Atlanta City School District GA 60,024 585,318 45,122 179,768 360,428 452,864 266,823 7,545
Guilford County Schools NC 59,903 386,221 22,430 232,445 131,346 347,736 215,970 5,805
1Includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools.
2 In a few cases, the student membership received from the fiscal district collection varies slightly from the student membership received from the non-fiscal collection.
3 Instructional expenditures are current expenditures for activities directly associated with the interaction between teachers and students. These include teacher salaries and benefits, supplies (such as textbooks), and purchased instructional services.

NOTE: Details may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1998 Annual Survey of Local Government Finances: School Systems. Data for Puerto Rico were obtained from the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, National Public Education Financial Survey, 1998-99.

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